Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Richard Wright - Ferrari Owner Dies

[red5hilser (red5hilser]

Hey Larry: When Lancia dropped out of GP racing in 1955, they gave the Old Man 
all their cars and spares. The Lancia design at the time was called the D-50, 
and had two outrigger fuel tanks. At the time the D-50 was much more successful 
than the Ferrari Super Squallo. After Alberto Ascari, the Lancia driver was 
killed in a Ferrari sports car at Monza in a meaningless accident,?plus Lancia 
was in financial trouble, it was decided to just quit racing.

The Lancia D-50s were handed over to Ferrari, and the Old Man just put 
cavallinos?on them and called them Lancia- Ferraris. They raced that way until 
1958, when Ferrari came out with it's new 246 Dino?in which Mike Hawthorn won 
the WDC. THe car was a real man killer, because both Luigi Musso and Peter 
Collins were killed in them. Musso at Reims and Collins at the old 'Ring.

After winning the driver's crown, Hawthorn wanted his car, but the Old Man said 
no, and had it destroyed instead.

Yer pal, Ferrari Bubba


-----Original Message-----
From: LarryT 
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Richard Wright - Ferrari Owner Dies


Bubba wrote <<had a von Tripps fixation and built a copy of Tripps' 1961 156 
Sharknose Ferrari>>?
?
Hey Bubba,?
Really rubbing elbows with some big name dudes! ;-)?
?
re the Sharknose Ferrari and P Hill - the 2007 IIRC Goodwood did a segment on 
this Ferrari - Hill was there and I believe he thought the repro was better 
than the original - tighter steering and more exact shift linkage - he was 
impressed with the effort!?
?
I wonder if Enzo ever regretted destroying all those old Ferrari's? I always 
liked the one that had the huge fuel tanks hung between the wheels - I think 
there was a Lancia with a similar design - circa late 50's/?
?
Anyway thanks for sharing that interesting story - even if you could not reveal 
that mystery man's name -- I guess I should be able to figure out who it was 
from the clues but I have never followed wealthy people's actions very closely. 
;-)?
?
Take Care,?
Larry T?
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----- Original Message ----- From: <red5hilser [at] aol.com>?
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>?
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>?
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 2:42 PM?
Subject: [Ferrari] Richard Wright - Ferrari Owner Dies?
?
>I just heard the news that Richard (Rick) Wright of the band Pink Floyd has 
>>died if cancer at the age of 65. Back in the?early 2000's when I was 
>>spending 28 days at an Arizona 'Resort' called Cottonwood, Rick was one of 
>>my roomies. Cottonwood tried to pair folks with similiar interests, 4 to a 
>>room. Since He and I both wore Breitling Navitimer watches and both owned 
>>Ferraris, they bunked us together. In fact, Rick had two Ferraris. A 512-BB 
>>for himself and a nice little 246 Dino for his wife. One of the other 
>>roomies who is still alive, and I can't divulge his name was a 
>>multi-Billionaire who also drove a Ferrari and wore a Breitling. Only his 
>>watch?was a handmade solid gold oblong one with two dials. One for his time 
>>zone and one for wherever his son was located. This gentleman also won the 
>>'Americas' Cup' and sponsored the all-woman yacht (I forget it's name) 
>>whitch turned into a FIASCO!?
>?
> One of the staff, knowing that I was into Italian racing machinery, asked > 
> me if I had ever heard of a Mr. (you fill in the name). Hint: he is a > 
> current team principal, an old fart?who has a thing for young Super > Models. 
> <g> She seemed to know him quite well. ?????????? Go figure ...?
>?
> Anyway, from what I saw of him, Rick was a nice, regular guy who was very > 
> knowledgeable about Ferraris and F1 Racing. He was friends of Chris Rae, > 
> the English rocker that had a von Tripps fixation and built a copy of > 
> Tripps' 1961 156 Sharknose Ferrari?Grand Prix car. The late Phil Hill > 
> actually drove it and said that it was spot-on, but built way to well to > be 
> a factory car.?
>?
> Yer pal, Ferrari Bubba??
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